Maternal strategy for coping with confirmation of Zika virus infection during pregnancy: reflection on the neurodevelopment of their children
Roozeméria Pereira Costa,
Maria Dalva Barbosa Baker Méio,
Maria de Fátima Junqueira-Marinho
et al.
Abstract:Zika virus infection in pregnant women results in changes in neuropsychomotor development in affected children, being an important stress factor for these women. This study aimed to evaluate the mothers' coping strategy in this situation and how this was reflected in the neurodevelopment of their children. Cross-sectional study with 46 women and their children. The coping strategy was assessed using the Brief Cope Inventory, applied to mothers, and the children's neuropsychomotor development was assessed at 24… Show more
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